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Ike Pearson

Isaac Overton Pearson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 1, 1917 in Grenada, MS
School: University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS) (All Transactions)
Debut: June 6, 1939
Teams (by GP): Phillies/WhiteSox 1939-1948

Final Game: September 19, 1948
Died: March 17, 1985 in Sarasota, FL
Buried: Memphis National Cemetery, Memphis, TN
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1939 22 PHI NL 2 13 .133 5.76 26 13 10 4 0 0 125.0 144 84 80 15 56 29 5 0 2 570 68 1.600 10.4 1.1 4.0 2.1 0.52
1940 23 PHI NL 3 14 .176 5.45 29 20 7 5 1 1 145.1 160 91 88 13 57 43 3 0 4 648 72 1.493 9.9 0.8 3.5 2.7 0.75
1941 24 PHI NL 4 14 .222 3.57 46 10 30 0 0 6 136.0 139 75 54 8 70 38 8 0 2 616 103 1.537 9.2 0.5 4.6 2.5 0.54
1942 25 PHI NL 1 6 .143 4.54 35 7 13 0 0 0 85.1 87 48 43 4 50 21 4 0 2 382 73 1.605 9.2 0.4 5.3 2.2 0.42
1946 29 PHI NL 1 0 1.000 3.77 5 2 1 1 1 0 14.1 19 8 6 1 8 6 1 0 0 69 94 1.884 11.9 0.6 5.0 3.8 0.75
1948 31 CHW AL 2 3 .400 4.92 23 2 14 0 0 1 53.0 62 32 29 8 27 12 2 0 2 245 87 1.679 10.5 1.4 4.6 2.0 0.44
6 Yrs 13 50 .206 4.83 164 54 75 10 2 8 559.0 611 338 300 49 268 149 23 0 12 2530 78 1.572 9.8 0.8 4.3 2.4 0.56
162 Game Avg. 4 16 .206 4.83 51 17 23 3 1 2 174 191 105 94 15 84 46 7 0 4 789 78 1.572 9.8 0.8 4.3 2.4 0.56
PHI (5 yrs) 11 47 .190 4.82 141 52 61 10 2 7 506.0 549 306 271 41 241 137 21 0 10 2285 77 1.561 9.8 0.7 4.3 2.4 0.57
CHW (1 yr) 2 3 .400 4.92 23 2 14 0 0 1 53.0 62 32 29 8 27 12 2 0 2 245 87 1.679 10.5 1.4 4.6 2.0 0.44
NL (5 yrs) 11 47 .190 4.82 141 52 61 10 2 7 506.0 549 306 271 41 241 137 21 0 10 2285 77 1.561 9.8 0.7 4.3 2.4 0.57
AL (1 yr) 2 3 .400 4.92 23 2 14 0 0 1 53.0 62 32 29 8 27 12 2 0 2 245 87 1.679 10.5 1.4 4.6 2.0 0.44

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1939 22 PHI NL 125.0 26 13 84 6.05 4.60 -0.22 0.00 101.7 4.90 -15 -1.5 1.0 -0.1 -0.6 -4 .442 .491 $
1940 23 PHI NL 146.1 29 20 91 5.60 4.53 0.01 0.00 100.3 4.53 -17 -1.7 1.0 -0.1 -0.4 -1 .441 .489 $
1941 24 PHI NL 136.0 46 10 75 4.96 4.47 -0.34 0.00 101.5 4.88 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.1 1.2 14 .498 .499 $
1942 25 PHI NL 85.1 35 7 48 5.06 4.09 -0.17 0.00 99.4 4.23 -7 -0.8 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .477 .495 $
1946 29 PHI NL 14.1 5 2 8 5.02 3.74 -0.25 0.00 102.8 4.10 -1 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.0 -0 .467 .499 $
1948 31 CHW AL 53.0 23 2 32 5.43 4.47 -0.04 0.00 101.8 4.60 -5 -0.5 .8 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .479 .497 $
6 Seasons 560.0 164 54 338 5.43 4.44 -0.16 0.00 101.0 4.65 -47 -4.8 1.0 -0.3 0.0 8 .471 .495 $
PHI (5 yrs) 507.0 141 52 306 5.43 4.43 -0.18 0.00 100.9 4.65 -42 -4.3 1.0 -0.3 0.1 8 .470 .495 $
CHW (1 yr) 53.0 23 2 32 5.43 4.47 -0.04 0.00 101.8 4.60 -5 -0.5 .8 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .479 .497 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1948 31 CHW AL 23 102 212 32 62 3 2 8 1 4 27 12 .292 .378 .439 .816 .281 93 1 2 4 0 2
1 Yr 23 102 212 32 62 3 2 8 1 4 27 12 .292 .378 .439 .816 .281 93 1 2 4 0 2
162 Game Avg. 63 277 577 87 169 8 5 22 3 11 73 33 .292 .378 .439 .816 .281 253 3 5 11 0 5
MLB Averages .261 .332 .328 .660 .279

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 31 CHW AL -3.7 -0.4 107 -0.1 1.8 -1.9 1.01 -0.5 0.4 -5.9 -0.6 1.01 -4.0 1 1 4
6 Yrs -61.2 -6.0 107 -0.1 1.8 -1.9 1.01 -0.5 0.4 -5.9 -0.6 1.01 -4.0 1 1 4

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1939 22 PHI NL 26 13 2 11 0 0 2 2 11 .154 0 0 4 0 4 31% 42.2 63 18 6 4 2.6 7.2
1940 23 PHI NL 29 20 3 13 4 0 3 6 14 .300 0 0 5 1 7 35% 43.6 78 14 5 14 3.3 6.4
1941 24 PHI NL 46 10 0 10 0 0 3 0 10 .000 0 0 0 0 3 30% 38.5 58 26 5 3 1.8 4.5
1942 25 PHI NL 35 7 0 5 2 0 0 0 7 .000 0 0 0 0 1 14% 40.3 59 31 6 0 2.6 3.9
1946 29 PHI NL 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 1 1 50% 55.0 78 32 0 2 9.5 4.5
1948 31 CHW AL 23 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 37.5 46 29 2 0 1 1 5.0 0.0 5.3
6 Yrs 164 54 7 40 7 1 8 10 44 .185 0 0 10 2 16 30% 42 78 14 2 0 23 24 3.1 0.0 5.8
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 115 -20 4.4 4.8 6.9

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1939 22 PHI NL 26 13 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 3 7.4
1940 23 PHI NL 29 9 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 2 6.4
1941 24 PHI NL 46 36 30 4 4 0 6 0 0 0 24 4 8 7.6
1942 25 PHI NL 35 28 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 5 0 6.2
1946 29 PHI NL 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 5.3
1948 31 CHW AL 23 21 14 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 3 60% 1.010 1 1 4 0 0 7 2 5 12 1 4 5 6.0
6 Yrs 164 110 75 6 10 0 8 0 0 0 5 3 60% 1.010 1 1 4 0 0 7 2 5 64 13 4 19 6.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1939 22 PHI NL 570 2.6% 5.1% 9.8% 3.7% 15% 78%
1940 23 PHI NL 643 2.0% 6.7% 8.9% 3.6% 14% 81%
1941 24 PHI NL 616 1.3% 6.2% 11.4% 77%
1942 25 PHI NL 382 1.1% 5.5% 13.1% 78%
1946 29 PHI NL 69 1.5% 8.7% 11.6% 2.9% 11% 75%
1948 31 CHW AL 245 61% 7.8% 11.8% 26.5% 12.8% 21% 0.90 188% 21 1 5%
6 Yrs 2525 61% 2.1% 6.3% 11.3% 2.5% 10% 0.90 83% 21 1 5%
MLB Averages 49% 1.4% 9.6% 9.4% 3.2% 13% 0.95 82% 10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1939 22 PHI NL 144 15 2
1940 23 PHI NL 160 13 4
1941 24 PHI NL 139 8 2
1942 25 PHI NL 87 4 2
1946 29 PHI NL 19 1 0
1948 31 CHW AL 102 62 8 0 3 3 2 0 5 3 1 0 33% 2 2 0 37 1 4 20% 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 143
6 Yrs 102 611 49 0 3 3 2 0 5 3 1 0 33% 2 12 0 37 1 4 20% 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 143
MLB Averages 53% 56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1939 22 2 13 .133 5.76 26 13 10 4 0 0 125.0 144 84 80 15 56 29 5 0 2 570 68 1.600 10.4 1.1 4.0 2.1 0.52 68
1940 23 5 27 .156 5.59 55 33 17 9 1 1 270.1 304 175 168 28 113 72 8 0 6 1218 70 1.543 10.1 0.9 3.8 2.4 0.64 70
1941 24 9 41 .180 4.92 101 43 47 9 1 7 406.1 443 250 222 36 183 110 16 0 8 1834 78 1.541 9.8 0.8 4.1 2.4 0.60 78
1942 25 10 47 .175 4.85 136 50 60 9 1 7 491.2 530 298 265 40 233 131 20 0 10 2216 77 1.552 9.7 0.7 4.3 2.4 0.56 77
1943 26 10 47 .175 4.85 136 50 60 9 1 7 491.2 530 298 265 40 233 131 20 0 10 2216 77 1.552 9.7 0.7 4.3 2.4 0.56 77
1944 27 10 47 .175 4.85 136 50 60 9 1 7 491.2 530 298 265 40 233 131 20 0 10 2216 77 1.552 9.7 0.7 4.3 2.4 0.56 77
1945 28 10 47 .175 4.85 136 50 60 9 1 7 491.2 530 298 265 40 233 131 20 0 10 2216 77 1.552 9.7 0.7 4.3 2.4 0.56 77
1946 29 11 47 .190 4.82 141 52 61 10 2 7 506.0 549 306 271 41 241 137 21 0 10 2285 77 1.561 9.8 0.7 4.3 2.4 0.57 77
1947 30 11 47 .190 4.82 141 52 61 10 2 7 506.0 549 306 271 41 241 137 21 0 10 2285 77 1.561 9.8 0.7 4.3 2.4 0.57 77
1948 31 13 50 .206 4.83 164 54 75 10 2 8 559.0 611 338 300 49 268 149 23 0 12 2530 78 1.572 9.8 0.8 4.3 2.4 0.56 78

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1939 22 4 10 .286 5.84 128.0 151 92 83 16 59 30 5 1.641 10.6 4.1 2.1 0.51 1.1 26
1940 23 6 10 .375 5.52 150.0 168 102 92 14 60 44 3 1.520 10.1 3.6 2.6 0.73 0.8 29
1941 24 8 7 .533 3.81 137.0 146 64 58 8 74 38 8 1.606 9.6 4.9 2.5 0.51 0.5 46
1942 25 3 6 .333 5.78 81.0 99 58 52 5 57 20 5 1.926 11.0 6.3 2.2 0.35 0.6 35
1946 29 0 1 .000 4.50 14.0 21 8 7 1 9 6 1 2.143 13.5 5.8 3.9 0.67 0.6 5
1948 31 2 4 .333 4.75 55.0 63 32 29 8 27 12 2 1.636 10.3 4.4 2.0 0.44 1.3 23
6 Yrs 23 38 .377 5.11 565.0 648 356 321 52 286 150 24 1.653 10.3 2.4 0.52 0.8 164

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1941 NL  46 (2nd)

Saves s c a p y
1941 NL  6 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1939 NL  15 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
1940 NL  14 (6th)
1941 NL  14 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1939 NL  5 (9th)
1941 NL  8 (1st)
1942 NL  4 (10th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1941 NL  30 (1st)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 4 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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